As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
High-profile exceptions aside, women of color leaders are still underrepresented, underresourced, and overburdened in the nonprofit sector and elsewhere. With the Women of Color Leadership Circle, we're hoping to start changing that.
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A first-of-its-kind report by Northeastern University's Dukakis Center with support from the Boston Foundation and Latino Legacy Fund finds that adult English-language programs have powerful value for participants, but thousands of seats are needed to meet potential demand.
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With a diverse background in investments, real estate and other client-focused fields, Betsy Townsend has a unique vantage point for addressing planned and legacy giving.
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The Globe cites our 2019 Greater Boston Housing report card in a piece that endorses Northland Investment Corporation's proposed 800-unit development of affordable housing in Newton, MA.
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A video on TBF grantee Community Servings' Teaching Kitchen program, which provides culinary arts training to people who are interested and need a fresh start.
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Andrea Campbell sheds light on the social costs of a booming economy in Greater Boston.
Read moreTBF grantee CommonWealth Kitchen - a food business incubator in Boston - aims to level the playing field for women- and minority-owned food businesses.
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A new report from Boston Indicators and the Boston Foundation Education to Careers team highlights the steady decline in school-aged population in Boston, and its impact on the city's district and charter school populations.
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A strong economy is creating a unique moment for a new wave of workforce development. In this report, we explore how "next gen" workforce development organizations are partnering with business, connecting with new groups of job seekers, and focusing on job quality and retention to create new opportunities and a more effective workforce.
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The 2019 Annual Report from the Boston Foundation celebrates the power of partnerships. Meet some of the donors, partners in research, nonprofit leaders, other funders, grassroots activists and our close allies in business and in government who together have made possible remarkable advances in the arts, education, workforce development and more.
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In the Winter 2020 newsletter, meet Luc Schuster, Senior Director of Boston indicators. Plus, education takes center stage with a new report on Boston's alarming decline in school-aged children and a preview of a new five-year plan from the Superintendent of Boston Public Schools.
